Umhlaba ngaphandle kwenyama: ikusasa noma i-utopia?

Ingabe abazukulu bethu, lapho bebheka emuva eminyakeni eminingi kamuva, bayokhumbula inkathi yethu njengesikhathi lapho abantu babedla ezinye izinto eziphilayo, lapho ogogo nomkhulu babo behlanganyela ekuchithekeni kwegazi nasekuhluphekeni okungadingekile? Ingabe okwedlule - kwethu kwamanje - kuzoba umbukiso ongacabangeki nowesabekayo wodlame olungapheli? Ifilimu, ekhishwe yi-BBC ngo-2017, ibuza imibuzo enjalo. Le filimu ikhuluma nge-utopia eyafika ngo-2067, lapho abantu beyeka ukufuya izilwane ukuze badle.

I-Carnage ifilimu eyisikhumbuzo eqondiswe ngusomahlaya uSimon Amstell. Kodwa ake sicabangisise ngesigijimi sakhe isikhashana. Ingabe umhlaba “wangemva kwenyama” ungenzeka? Singaba yini umphakathi lapho izilwane ezifuywayo zikhululekile futhi zinesikhundla esilinganayo nathi futhi zingahlala ngokukhululeka phakathi kwabantu?

Kunezizathu eziningana ezinhle zokuthi kungani ikusasa elinjalo, maye, lingenakwenzeka kakhulu. Okokuqala nje, inani lezilwane ezihlatshwayo emhlabeni wonke likhulu ngempela okwamanje. Izilwane zifela ezandleni zabantu ngenxa yokuzingela, ukuzingela ngokungemthetho kanye nokungafuni ukunakekela izilwane ezifuywayo, kodwa kuze kube manje izilwane eziningi ziyafa ngenxa yezolimo zezimboni. Izibalo ziyashaqisa: okungenani kubulawa izilwane eziyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-55 embonini yezolimo emhlabeni wonke unyaka nonyaka, futhi lesi sibalo sikhula minyaka yonke. Ngaphandle kwezindaba zokumaketha ngenhlalakahle yezilwane zasemapulazini, ukulima kwasefekthri kusho udlame, ukungakhululeki nokuhlupheka ngezinga elikhulu.

Kungakho uYuval Noah Harari, umbhali walencwadi, ebiza indlela esiphatha ngayo izilwane ezifuywayo emapulazini efektri “mhlawumbe ubugebengu obubi kakhulu emlandweni.”

Uma unaka ukudla inyama, i-utopia yesikhathi esizayo ibonakala ingenakwenzeka nakakhulu. Iqiniso liwukuthi abantu abaningi abadla inyama bazwakalisa ukukhathazeka ngenhlalakahle yezilwane futhi bakhathazekile ngokuthi ukufa kwesilwane noma ukungakhululeki kuhlotshaniswa nenyama esepuletini labo. Kodwa, nokho, abenqabi inyama.

Izazi zokusebenza kwengqondo zibiza lokhu kungqubuzana phakathi kwezinkolelo nokuziphatha ngokuthi “ukungezwani kwengqondo.” Le dissonance isenza singakhululeki futhi sibheka izindlela zokuyinciphisa, kodwa, ngokwemvelo, sivame ukusebenzisa izindlela ezilula zokwenza lokhu. Ngakho esikhundleni sokuguqula ukuziphatha kwethu ngokuyisisekelo, sishintsha ukucabanga kwethu futhi sakhe amasu afana nokuthethelela imicabango (izilwane azikwazi ukuhlupheka njengathi; zazinempilo enhle) noma ukuphika umthwalo wemfanelo ngakho (ngenza konke; kuyadingeka ; ngaphoqwa ukuba ngidle inyama; kungokwemvelo).

Amasu okunciphisa i-Dissonance, ngokuxakayo, ngokuvamile abangela ukwanda "kokuziphatha okungahambi kahle", kulokhu ukudla inyama. Lolu hlobo lokuziphatha luphenduka inqubo eyindilinga futhi lube yingxenye evamile yamasiko nemikhuba yezenhlalo.

Indlela eya emhlabeni ongenanyama

Nokho, kunezizathu zokuba nethemba. Okokuqala nje, ucwaningo lwezokwelapha luya ngokuya lusiqinisekisa ukuthi ukudla inyama kuhlotshaniswa nezinkinga eziningi zempilo. Khonamanjalo, izinto ezithatha indawo yenyama sezithandeka kakhulu kubathengi njengoba ubuchwepheshe buthuthuka kanye namanani amaprotheni asekelwe ezitshalweni ehla kancane kancane.

Futhi, abantu abaningi bazwakalisa ukukhathazeka ngenhlalakahle yezilwane futhi bathatha isinyathelo sokushintsha lesi simo. Izibonelo zihlanganisa imikhankaso ephumelelayo emelene nemikhomo ebulalayo evalelwe nezilwane zasesekisini, imibuzo esabalele mayelana nezimiso zokuziphatha zama-zoo, kanye nokukhula kwamalungelo ezilwane.

Nokho, isimo sezulu singase sibe yisici esibaluleke kakhulu esithonya isimo. Ukukhiqizwa kwenyama akusebenzi kahle kakhulu (ngoba izilwane zasemapulazini zidla ukudla okungazondla abantu ngokwazo), kanti izinkomo zaziwa ngokukhipha i-methane eningi. ukuthi ukufuywa kwezimboni ezinkulu kungenye “yegalelo elibaluleke kakhulu ezinkingeni ezingathi sína zemvelo kuwo wonke amazinga, kusukela endaweni kuya emhlabeni jikelele”. Ukwehliswa kokusetshenziswa kwenyama emhlabeni kungenye yezindlela ezingcono kakhulu zokulwa nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu. Ukusetshenziswa kwenyama kungase kuqale ukwehla ngokwemvelo ngenxa yokuntuleka kwezinsiza zokuyikhiqiza.

Akukho nokukodwa kwalokhu kuthambekela okusikisela ukushintshwa kwenhlalo esikalini se-Carnage, kodwa uma kuhlangene kungaba nomphumela ofisayo. Abantu abaqaphela zonke izinkinga zokudla inyama ngokuvamile baphenduka imifino kanye nemifino. Ukuthambekela okusekelwe ezitshalweni kubonakala ikakhulukazi kubantu abasha - okubalulekile uma silindele ngempela ukubona izinguquko ezibalulekile ngemva kweminyaka engu-50. Futhi masibhekane nakho, isidingo sokwenza konke esingakwenza ukuze sihlangane sinciphise ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni futhi sinciphise imiphumela emibi kakhulu yokushintsha kwesimo sezulu sizoba nzima nakakhulu njengoba sisondela ku-2067.

Ngakho-ke, ukuthambekela kwamanje kunikeza ithemba lokuthi ukuguquguquka okuxhumene kwengqondo, kwezenhlalo namasiko okusiqhubezela ukuba sidle inyama njalo kungase kuqale ukuncipha. Amafilimu afana ne-Carnage nawo aneqhaza kule nqubo ngokuvula umcabango wethu kumbono welinye ikusasa. Uma ngabe usuyibonile le movie, yinikeze ngobusuku obubodwa - ingase ikujabulise futhi ikunikeze okuthile okucabangayo.

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